>>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ applause ] >> can i call you joe? >> thank you. >> thank you gwen, thank you. >> jennifer: that was the start of the 2008 vice presidential debate between then governor sarah palin of alaska and then delaware senator joe biden. prior to the debate, the conventional wisdom was that sarah palin was going to bomb but actually she held her own both biden and palin spent hours and hours sparring with stand-ins to prepare for the big moment. now you probably know who played sarah palin for joe biden. that was me. but i bet you didn't know that the republican foreign policy adviser randy shunman played joe biden for sarah palin. joining us tonight to discuss stand-ins and debate prep ahead of wednesday's match-up between president obama and gov